As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any table, platform, mechanical or electronic device, or
apparatus operated or intended to be operated for amusement, pleasure,
test of skill, competition, or sport, the use or operation of which
is conditioned upon payment of a consideration either by insertion
of a coin, paper currency, or token in a slot or otherwise. Such amusement
device shall include, but not be limited to, devices commonly known
as baseball, football, basketball, hockey, pinball, shuffleboard,
ray guns, bowling games, bumper games, skiball, and electronic video
games, and shall also include billiard tables and pool tables (whether
coin-operated or not). Such definition does not include a bowling
alley, jukebox or other coin- or currency-operated music machine or
a mechanical children's amusement riding device.
[Amended 10-24-2019]
AMUSEMENT PARLOR
Any premises operated by any organization, whether incorporated
or not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building whose
primary purpose or the object of its existence or operation is that
of providing use of amusement devices to the public at retail and/or
any premises operated by any organization, whether incorporated or
not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building the majority
of whose gross receipts are derived from the providing of use of amusement
devices to the public at retail.
The following general requirements shall apply
to all amusement parlors licensed in accordance with this chapter:
A. All amusement parlors shall have an adult supervisor
on the premises at all times in which the game room is open to the
public.
B. Every amusement parlor shall provide an adequate area
and number of bicycle racks for the orderly parking of bicycles, which
area shall be separate from a required vehicle parking stall and shall
be so located as to not occupy any portion of a public sidewalk or
to otherwise obstruct pedestrian passage to and from the premises.
C. Game rooms licensed herein shall comply with all other
building and fire codes and applicable City laws and regulations.
Licenses may be revoked by the Common Council
after a hearing in the event that an amusement parlor's location or
operation fails to conform to standards provided in this chapter or
violates any other provision of this Code.